QLAYUpdated:03/05/09
An extensive collection of QL emulators running on various platforms including Amiga, Atari, DOS, Linux/Unix, Mac and Windows. Where the emulator is still well supported, perhaps updated quite often, I've linked to the relevant website rather than include the package for download here, to help make sure you get the latest version. In any case, I've tried to provide web page addresses for information and general support even where I've placed the archive on this page.
QLAYQLay is a set of QDOS QL emulators for DOS, Windows and Linux by Jan Venema of The Netherlands. This is a freely distributable emulator with no restrictions. You can download the most recent versions from Jan's Web site: http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/A.Jaw.Venema
QLATter (39K) - Al Feng's utility for QLay users. Provides a simple to use file handling front end.
QLAY2
is a development of QLay to run on Windows 2000/Windows XP systems (also
seems to work on Windows 98 SE). The update is by Jimmy Montesinos. The
support website for QLAY2 is at http://www.jadiam.org/QL/QLay2/
QL2K
is a further development of QLay, also for Windows 2000/XP systems, by
Jimmy Montesinos. The support and download site for QL2K is at
http://www.jadiam.org/QL/. QL2K
is registerware - it is free to download and use, but you need to register
the emulator (free of charge) with the author.
QPC1
is a QL emulator using SMSQ/E running in DOS. This version has a few
limitations as described in the documentation files in its folder. Support
etc from Marcel Kilgus and Jochen Merz Software, both of whose internet
addresses are listed under QPC2 below. QPC2 is a QL emulator using SMSQ/E
running on Windows 95/98/NT machines. This is a demo version of a
commercial product written by Marcel Kilgus, available from Jochen Merz
Software in Germany. It needs a minimum of a 486 processor. There are some
restrictions on this version - see the documentation (mostly that you
cannot save files to floppy or hard disk).
QPC2v3
is a demo version of the 'colour drivers' version of QPC2, supporting
16-bit colour on suitably-equipped PC systems. The proper name for the
so-called colour-drivers is Graphics Driver 2 or GD2 for short. There are
some restrictions in this demo version, most notably that you cannot save
files to floppy or hard disk. The full version of QPC2 has QXL.WIN file
systems as well as a DOS device driver (read/write PC format floppy disks,
hard drives etc) as well as a TCP/IP access system for web access and
email using programs like Lynx, QPOP3 etc from
Jonathan Hudson. QPC2 is a
very fast emulator, which uses SBASIC which is SuperBASIC compatible (only
much faster!) and can be set to use very large RAM memory.
Support, availability+price details and downloads available
from the following Web sites:
AUTHOR: http://www.kilgus.net
PUBLISHER: http://smsq.j-m-s.com
QemuLator
Lite for Apple Macintosh is written by Daniele Terdina and is Shareware.
There are versions for 68K Macs and for PowerMacs. Further details from
the author's Web site at: http://www.terdina.net/ql/MacQL.html
QemuLator
for Windows is also written by Daniele Terdina and is Shareware
(registration of 40 dollars at the time of writing). Further details from
the author's Web site at:www.terdina.net/ql/q-emulator.net.
This emulator can emulate a standard QL, a Gold Card QL, or even a fast QL
system with up to 16MB of RAM! It can run some versions of SMSQ/E or use
QDOS ROM images (including Minerva), can access QXL.WIN or native file
systems and has a built in TCP/IP system, so that you can use email and
web browser programs such as those from
Jonathan Hudson. The latest
versions of QemuLator can also emulate Aurora 256 colour with Aurora/Gold
Card version of SMSQ/E and Q60 16-bit colour displays if you write direct
access code.
QDOS4Amiga
is a QDOS emulator for the Commodore Amiga, by Rainer Kowallik and Mark
Swift. It is freeware. Up to date copies may be obtained from most Ami-Net
sites. See the README1.TXT file first
The emulator may be downloaded as three LHA-archived files from this
page:
qdos4amiga1.lha - Disk 1, the emulator
itself (186K)
qdos4amiga2.lha - Disk 2, the complete
assembler sources (244K)
qdos4amiga3.lha - Disk 3, the QDOS support
utilities disk (315K)
QDOS
Classic for Amiga is a QL emulator for the Commodore Amiga by Mark Swift.
QDOS Classic for Amiga is closely related to QDOS Classic for Q40 by the
same author. Freeware. Support and download from
http://www.mswift.unisonplus.net/ql/index.html
QLem
is an emulator for certain Atari ST machines, by Johan Klockars. Freeware.
Details from the Ancient File Library at
http://www.devili.iki.fi/pub/emulators/Sinclair/QL/.
May be downloaded here as ZIP or LHA files:
qlem.zip - download QLem as zipped file (67K)
qlem.lzh - download QLem as LHA file (66K)
QL2ST v3.0 is an associated QL disk transfer
utility for use with QLem. QL2ST has two functions - initialise disks in
the Sinclair QL format and convert files from a QL format disk to a TOS
file system.
ql2st.zip - download QL2ST as zipped file (14K)
ql2st.lzh - download QL2ST as LHA file (14K)
TOSforQL is an emulator that allows certain
programs written to run under TOS on the Atari ST to be run under QDOS.
The emulator works by intercepting calls to the TOS operating system and
mapping them onto the equivalent QDOS operating system calls.
tosforql.zip - download TOSforQL as zipped
file (68K)
tosforql.lzh - download TOSforQL as LHA file
(67K)
uQLx
is a derivative of the emulation engine used in QemuLator. uQLx is
produced by Richard Zidlicky to run on Linux/Unix platforms. Further
details and download from
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2602/
A slightly more recent version of the emulator binaries is available here (courtesy of Urs König), although uQLx author Richard Zidlicky has hinted that he may produce an updated uQLx this year, so this version may be temporary. Download uQLx binaries (332K)
win-uQLx
is a port of uQLx to Windows systems by Peter Graf and Phoebus R. Dokos.
Download it here. (267KB). Alternatively, here
is the original 7-zip version from Phoebus, which you can download
here (219KB)
You will need the Cygwin distribution (provides a Linux-like environment for Windows) to be able to run this emulator on Windows - get the required files from http://www.cygwin.com/
uQLx
for Mac OS X is a port by James Weatherley of uQLx to run on the Apple Mac
OS X operating system.Download it here.
QDOS
Classic for Q40/Q60 may be downloaded from my Q40
page, or from the official Q40 website at
www.q40.de. QDOS classic, as the name
implies, is an implementation of the traditional QL QDOS operating system
rather than the SMSQ/E operating system. There's also a version of Linux
for Q40 and Q60 - click on the link above to Claus Graf's Q40 website for
further details.